Their records don’t quite match, but Glenn Booth is equally optimistic about the tournament prospects of both his boys’ and girls’ bowling teams at Deer Park.

Division II post-season competition is scheduled to get under way for local teams on Friday at Colerain Bowl, starting at 3:10 p.m.

“I have high hopes for both teams, and the future is very bright for Deer Park bowling,” the Wildcats’ coach wrote on Friday morning in an email.

Fifteen boys’ teams and 11 girls’ teams will converge at Colerain. The top six boys’ teams, top six boys not on qualifying teams, top five girls’ teams and top five girls not on qualifying teas will advance to the district tournament, which is scheduled for February 18 at Beaver-Vu Lanes in Beavercreek.

Twenty-eight boys’ teams and 24 girls’ teams will meet in the other Southwest District sectional at Poelking Marian Lanes in Dayton. The boys will be whittled down to 10 teams and 10 boys, and the girls will be cut to 11 and 11 for the district tournament.

The top four teams and top four individuals not on qualifying teams advance to the state tournament, scheduled for February 26-27 at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl.

Coldwater is the boys’ and girls’ defending state champion.

Deer Park’s boys, the No. 1 team in the Enquirer’s Division II coaches’ poll, are 13-2, while the sixth-ranked girls are 4-8. Both teams have one regular-season match left, against Reading, which is ranked fifth in the girl’ poll and 10th among the boys.

“I plan on winning both those matches in preparation for the sectional tournament,” Booth wrote.

Senior Austin Mobley leads the Wildcat boys with a 205.8 average, the best among local Division II bowlers. He is followed by junior Troy Bosse at 168.6, sophomores Will Maley at 164 and Jacob Frisch at 160.3, senior Matthew Bosse at 159.9 and junior Justin Nhun at 159.1.

Junior Maria Egbers is setting the pace for the girls at 137. Senior Logan Troxell is averaging 130.4, followed by juniors Jean Schlie at 127.6 and Chrissy Boehmer at 113.5 and sophomore Lily Sheppard at 106.6.

Booth expects spirited competition in both the boys’ and girls’ sectionals.

“On the boys’ side, Cincinnati Christian School, Badin and Roger Bacon are all very good teams in the upcoming tournament,” he wrote. “On the girls’ side, Badin, CCS and Seven Hills have very strong bowlers that can make it very difficult to beat.”

Seven Hills senior Corey Wilson ranked second to Mobley through among Division II boys’ bowlers with a 205 average, while Badin junior was averaging 200.4, while McNicholas senior Matthew Massie was at 199.6 and Roger Bacon junior Taylor McIntosh was averaging 197.8

Seven Hills sophomore Audrey Wilson was leading local Division II girls with a 175.6 average. Badin senior Megan Jungkunz was among the leaders at 170.4, along with Cincinnati Christian senior Madison Brockman at 157.8.